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Most reporters struggled to cadge a ride to the more distant fronts with the dirty soldiers who kept Franco’s forces at bay.—
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24 Feb. 2026 -
Schwarzenegger made a pilgrimage to Washington to cadge more money from the government, but came home empty-handed.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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On top of that, Nico is also, quite obviously, just mooching off/clinging to Mindy because he got cut off by his family.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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The Netflix rep says there is no correlation between this change and people mooching off other people's accounts.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
1 Dec. 2025
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Casino operators and tourism officials have traveled North to reassure Canadian leaders, Las Vegas’ mayor publicly begged them to return last year and Las Vegas’ tourism bureau is stepping up advertising in major Canadian markets.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Savannah and her siblings have posted several impassioned pleas to their mother's kidnapper, begging the person to let Nancy go.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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Seeing the wall police breached to give people inside the club a chance to get out, or the bathrooms and dressing rooms where people hid, prayed for survival or reached out to family and friends carries an impact that spells out this nation’s terrifying vulnerability to gun violence.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Hall County School District Superintendent Will Schofield said the district was heartbroken over Hughes’ death and praying for his family.—
Austin Mullen,
NBC news,
8 Mar. 2026
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This process produces sponge-like structures that can vary between individual sensor units.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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For stubborn stains, gently scrub with a soft brush or sponge before washing.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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Whatever the reason, the ’90s are back, aided by more objective prestige than the days of VHS tapes and disposable cameras might initially conjure.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2026
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The name Paris Hilton may conjure up an image of a glamorous heiress.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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Finally, the surgeon asked, imploring the mother to be honest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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The fracas has even revived the anti-military sentiment at Google, where a tiny fraction of its employees wrote a letter to the company imploring it to make a similar stand.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the original sci-fi novel, Victor Frankenstein is beseeched by his creation to create a companion, but after being plagued by visions of what this second attempt may bring (namely the breeding of additional monsters), the scientist destroys the companion before it is brought to life.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2026
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As Clare Malone reported for The New Yorker, Woodward beseeched Bezos to intercede.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Bludge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludge. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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